pAI holographic chassis and special abilities

[Colfer]

Holographic this and that and stuff is everywhere, yet our little pAI buddies have some of the most complex collapsing and unfolding mechanism known to man (atleast as far as im aware), yet nobody thought that giving them holographic projectors would benefit them at all. This suggestion is to give pAI's the ability to use holographic projections much like the AI would with holopads, I have a couple of ways I believe this could be executed to great effectiveness.

1. "Choose Chassis" verb first asks you to choose what type of chassis you are, "Mobile Unit" or "Holographic Projector", picking "mobile unit" then opens the normal pAI radial menu as it is now. Selecting "Holographic projector" changes the pAI to instead deploy as a special mob which looks like a pAI device laying on the ground. The pAI can then use a few new special verbs. "Select hologram" allows the pAI to select from holographic categories much like the AI, except that "Unique" is replaced with "Animal". The pAI can choose to mimic a nearby person, select from almost any animal mob in the game, or use their loadout character instead, from here, the pAI can project its hologram onto any tile within 7 tiles that isn't out of sight of the device, and be recalled by clicking on itself or using a new verb called "Recall-Hologram" for when it is inside somebodies pocket  while currently projecting (Examples as to how this would be useful: A pAI device named "Stand In" who mimics its masters behaviors and projects an image of them when they leave their department)

2, probably the easier, better option. Works much like before, but the pAI unfolds similar to the classic chassis, however, it unfolds into a holographic image instead of normal chassis. It walks around using this holographic image and can change it at will, just like the previous idea. Unlike the previous idea, the pAI device no longer turns into effectively a holopad when unfolding. (This is probably the least code intensive idea, and may be much easier to actual implement if worked on) (Examples as to how this would be useful: A pAI device named "Guide" who takes the form of a captain in its loadout who helps people navigate the map using its holographic image), I personally like this option more as its much more simple, but the first option seems alot more fun and useful

Special abilities that could be implemented:
1. pAI's can choose special effects they preform when clicking on things, from displaying a biting overlay on them, to shooting a laser tag laser at the target, all of them obviously not being harmful. and just for flavor, pAI's with laser tag special abilities could automatically rest when hit with a laser tag beam opposite to the one they picked. (Examples where this could be useful: FORCE A PAI DEATHMATCH AND WIPE THE LOSERS, LET ONLY THE STRONGEST SURVIVE)
2 (less likely but it would be cool if added) if the pAI is a holographic emitter, it is able to project its current holographic image onto any tile that it clicks on within 7 meters while some ability to do so is toggled on, it can do this as many times as it wants (with each hologram taking the form of the setting that was selected when it was projected, meaning you can have different sprites for multiple active holograms), and only it can move the holographic images by click dragging them to a nearby turf, or onto an item. These projections disappear if they move out of range (7 tiles) or are touched. (Examples where this would be useful: Acting as a pokemon catching game by projecting creatures into the map to be caught by the player. Or a training simulation by simulating a scene with holographic persons).
3. The ability to use the cyborg's "Rename" verb to rename yourself after you have been downloaded, either to correct a spelling error if you made one, or to pick a name more suitable after the fact, such as if your master has given you a different pet name.

(Other notes: Holographic mobs projected by the pAI will probably have the hologram overlay applied to it along with a greenish hue, so that its more identifiable from the AI's holograms. This would also mean that a pAI could possibly project more exotic animals, as with the transparency and tint, it probably wouldn't be hard to identify these as holograms at a glance.)

[Diggey]

I love pAIs but playing as them is always very "I am at your mercy"

This would at least let  the pAI be at their own mercy a little bit. I like it.